Credit: Brad Gregg Make love, not war? Sure. Hugs, not drugs? We can get on board with that. But hugging complete strangers? It’s OU, people, not UC-Berkeley. Of course the Paul Mitchell folks will also be rocking the latest hair and makeup fashions, as well as answering questions about personal styling. The Hugs campaign and […]
Chicken Fried News
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Thunder-yuck
Credit: Brad Gregg The Thunder’s former public address announcer, Jim Miller, is facing multiple counts of child sex abuse and committing lewd acts in front of a child. The Thunder organization immediately booted Miller when the allegations surfaced, but the dismissal didn’t come early enough to avoid his brief role in Thunderstruck. In one of […]
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Heady holidaze
Credit: Brad Gregg Or so suggests a press release last week issued by Warner Bros. Records shilling Flaming Lips swag for publications’ holiday gift guides. Among the items suggested are: —The Flaming Lips Silver Trembling Fetus Ornament, $30 and “back by popular demand … and not just for your Jewish friends”; —The Flaming Lips Gummy […]
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The most amazing Chicken-Fried News you’ll ever read
Credit: Brad Gregg Odds are it was Bixby resident Todd Jason Rutherford. The New York Times reports that in 2010, Mr. Rutherford launched the website GettingBookReviews.com. He advertised to self-published authors eager to expand their fan base beyond friends and family members that he would write one review of their sparkling masterpiece for $99. For […]
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PR BS
Credit: Brad Gregg —“Restaurant Urges Fans to ‘Give Your Friends the Finger’ on National Chicken Finger Day®” —“Golf Rounds Up Nationwide, According to PGA of America” —“PostRock Announces Second Quarter Earnings Call” —“Rita K. Hill Recognized By Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Publication” —“Kill Speed Movie LAWSUIT – NETFLIX-Blockbuster Duped by Serial Plagerist” —“ON-THE-GO HEALTH PRODUCT: […]
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PR BS
Credit: Brad Gregg —“Restaurant Urges Fans to ‘Give Your Friends the Finger’ on National Chicken Finger Day®” —“Golf Rounds Up Nationwide, According to PGA of America” —“PostRock Announces Second Quarter Earnings Call” —“Rita K. Hill Recognized By Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Publication” —“Kill Speed Movie LAWSUIT – NETFLIX-Blockbuster Duped by Serial Plagerist” —“ON-THE-GO HEALTH PRODUCT: […]
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Cheaper than therapy
Credit: Brad Gregg YouPurge offers itself as an alternative for those who are sick of seeking gossip solace by visiting Internet chat sites. You get the same relief of unburdening your mind in anonymity without all the A/S/L propositions and dick pics. So go ahead: Call the number on YouPurge’s homepage and rant about your […]
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Gold in them thar dome?
Credit: Brad Gregg Built as a bank in 1958, the building was saved from destruction once before by its former owner in the 1990s after public protests. The dome has lost a number of its tenants in the past few years, including the Prohibition Room restaurant and bar. Now, Bank 7 officials plan to hold […]
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Hard more in Ardmore
Credit: Brad Gregg When he’s not writing best-selling novels and acclaimed screenplays, McMurtry (The Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dove, Brokeback Mountain) deals in rare and used books. An Aug. 12 profile in The New York Times detailed how McMurtry was consolidating all his inventory into one store in Archer City, Texas. Such efforts required an […]
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The girl from Madill
Credit: Brad Gregg State Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman, first met Janna Little in Boston in 1987, when he was at Harvard University and she was attending Wellesley College. The Okie expatriates became fast friends. After graduation, they wound up working together in the Washington, D.C., office of then-U.S. Rep. Bill Brewster, D-Marietta. “She is charming, […]